27

• By: Machine Gun Kelly
• Album: Bloom

Lyrics:

Vocabulary in this song:

Vocabulary	Meanings
die /daɪ/ A1	verb - to stop living
legend /ˈledʒənd/ B1	noun - a traditional story sometimes popularly regarded as historical but not authenticated
ride /raɪd/ A2	verb - to sit on and control the movement of (an animal or vehicle)
vibe /vaɪb/ B2	noun - a person's emotional state or the atmosphere of a place as communicated to and felt by others
alive /əˈlaɪv/ A2	adjective - living; not dead
feelings /ˈfiːlɪŋz/ A1	noun - an emotional state or reaction
past /pæst/ A1	noun - the time before the present
dealings /ˈdiːlɪŋz/ B2	noun - business transactions
people /ˈpiːpl/ A1	noun - human beings in general or considered collectively
star /stɑːr/ A1	noun - a fixed luminous point in the night sky which is a large, remote incandescent body like the sun
living /ˈlɪvɪŋ/ A1	noun - the state of being alive adjective - alive
smoke /smoʊk/ A2	verb - inhale and exhale the smoke of tobacco or a drug
dreams /driːmz/ A2	noun - a series of thoughts, images, and sensations occurring in a person's mind during sleep
home /hoʊm/ A1	noun - the place where one lives permanently
stone /stoʊn/ A1	noun - the substance of which rocks are made

Grammar:

• AND IF I MUST GO AND DIE AT 27

  ➔ Conditional Sentence Type 1 (likely/possible condition)

  ➔ Uses "if + present simple, will + base form." It suggests a possible scenario: *If* the speaker *must go* and die, then a consequence will follow.

• THEN AT LEAST I KNOW I DIED A LEGEND

  ➔ Inversion with "at least"

  ➔ Normally, the sentence would be "Then I know at least I died a legend". Placing "at least" earlier creates emphasis and a slightly more formal or poetic tone.

• THEY SAY I NEED TO SLOW DOWN, BUT I DON'T KNOW HOW

  ➔ Reported speech and indirect question

  ➔ "They say I need to slow down" is an example of reported speech. "But I don't know how" is an indirect question. We use "how" to refer to the way to do

• REAL FEELINGS FROM PAST DEALINGS

  ➔ Reduced relative clause (implicit "that were")

  ➔ The full phrase could be "Real feelings *that were* from past dealings." The relative pronoun and auxiliary verb are omitted for brevity and flow.

• LIKE I GUESS IT'S GOOD TO BE DIFFERENT, HUH?

  ➔ Tag question (huh?)

  ➔ "Huh?" is a colloquial tag question used for confirmation or to seek agreement. It is less formal than standard tag questions.

• I'M A STAR SO THEY SKY ISN'T THE LIMIT, HUH?

  ➔ Ellipsis: "the sky isn't the limit *anymore*"

  ➔ The phrase implies a comparison to a previous state. the word "anymore" is omitted to be more concise.

• TELL ME WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN YOUR DREAMS COME TRUE?

  ➔ Embedded question / Indirect question

  ➔ The structure "what do you do" is embedded within the larger sentence as the object of "tell me." The word order changes slightly from a direct question to a statement. This is often used in more formal or polite contexts.